Sutter Extension Water District

Sutter Extension Water District, a nonprofit public agency headquartered in Yuba City, California, delivers water to federal wildlife refuges and wetlands as a prime contractor on small-dollar purchase orders from the Department of the Interior. The district operates exclusively in its regional water-supply role — it has no subcontract footprint and competes on full-and-open purchase orders; no set-asides apply across its federal award history.

Sutter Extension Water District's federal work centers on water delivery to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's refuge complex in northern California. Over the past several years, the district has delivered summer irrigation water and rice-water to the Sutter National Wildlife Refuge near Willows, California, under a series of firm-fixed-price purchase orders issued by Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1, Region 5, Region 8, and the legacy national headquarters designation. Recent named awards include a $18,167.80 purchase order (awarded June 18, 2026, performance through March 31, 2027) for water delivery to Sutter National Wildlife Refuge; a $12,151.80 purchase order (awarded June 9, 2025, performance through March 31, 2026) for summer water delivery to the same refuge; and a $18,167.80 purchase order (awarded June 26, 2024, performance through March 31, 2025) for water delivery services. The district also holds work with the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation.

Customer concentration is extreme and single-agency: Fish and Wildlife Service awards account for all 26 recent prime awards tracked in the source, with Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 alone anchoring 10 awards ($124 thousand combined potential value). The top five regional and national Fish and Wildlife Service offices collectively represent 77% of combined potential value. Award volume is minimal — one award per year over the most recent five-year period — and dollar values are sub-$20,000 per purchase order. Combined potential value across all 26 awards stands at $248 thousand, though combined dollars obligated across all awards reach $642 thousand (259% of potential value), suggesting invoiced revenue has exceeded initial contract ceilings. One award ($18 thousand combined potential value) faces completion within the next twenty-four months.

Sutter Extension Water District operates as a water-supply specialist to federal wildlife habitat management, with capability framed under NAICS 444419 (Water Supply and Irrigation Systems) across 17 of 26 awards. The district has no prime vehicle seats, no subcontract relationships, and no recurring teaming footprint.